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By Tyler Erzberger
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Los Angeles Rams head Sean McVay turned 40 this past week, but he was in no celebratory mood on Sunday night following one of the most heart wrenching losses of his career in the NFC Championship against the Seattle Seahawks.
In a game where the Rams' defense couldn't get a stop, and the team's punt returner botched a routine kick, giving the Seahawks a touchdown, L.A. still had a chance to win in the final minutes. They had the frontrunner for MVP in Matthew Stafford in the redzone with Puka Nacua and Davante Adams ready to pull them over the line.
The Seahawks' elite defense, though, bent but didn't break in the most pivotal moment of the game, and Mike Macdonald played aggressively to not let McVay have a second proper shot at making it to the Super Bowl.
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McVay was honest about the outcome: describing that he was numb after the final whistle, genuinely believing that he had the roster and leader in Stafford, that there was no way they were going to lose that game. After back-to-back postseason wins over the Carolina Panthers and Chicago Bears, where Stafford came up clutch, the Seahawks held the line and eliminated the Rams from a possible second ring in five years.
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Still reeling from the result, McVay didn't hold back when asked if the 17-year veteran and most likely MVP would be returning to play under center for the Rams when next season kicked off.
"If he still wants to play, what the hell kind of question is that?" McVay repelled back at the media during the post-game press conference. "He's the MVP of the league."
The Rams' head coach wouldn't answer any further questions about Stafford's future, saying the media would need to ask his QB that question. He talked about how the team hasn't been thinking about the future and has only stayed in the present, focusing on their ultimate goal of making it back to the Super Bowl.
When asked, Stafford declined to speak about his future. Multiple reports on Sunday, before the game, said people in Stafford's circle had been informed that he wants to play again for the Rams next year, but that was before the gut-punch loss.
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